‘To make COVID-19 the last’ — Bill Gates to release book on preventing future pandemics

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), says he has written a book on how to prevent future pandemics.

In a recent newsletter, Gates said he spent the last two years working with his partners and colleagues at the Gates Foundation to stop COVID-19.

He added that the book titled ‘How to Prevent the Next Pandemic’ is about what he learned researching COVID-19 to make sure no one suffers through the misery of the last two years again.

“The last two years have caused unbelievable amounts of hardship around the world… whenever I see the suffering that COVID has created — every time I read about the latest death toll or hear about someone who lost their job or drive by a school that is closed — I can’t help but think: We don’t have to do this again,” he said.

“COVID has only made it clearer that the world needs to prioritize eliminating pandemics as a threat to humanity. I’ve been following COVID since the early days of the outbreak, working with experts from inside and out of the Gates Foundation who are championing a more equitable response and have been fighting infectious diseases for decades.

“I’ve learned a lot in the process — both about this pandemic and how we stop the next one — and I want to share what I’ve heard with people. So, I started writing a book about how we can make sure that no one suffers through a pandemic ever again.”

He said that the book, which launches on May 3, 2022, contains a step by step plan, innovations and tools on how to equitably stop pathogens early.